RACING NOTES : Summer Squall Training for Penn. Derby

Preakness winner Summer Squall will train at Saratoga with trainer Neil Howard and will be pointed for Philadelphia Park’s $300,000 Pennsylvania Derby over 1 1/8 miles Sept. 3.

He has not run since winning the Preakness on May 19 while under treatment of Lasix, the bleeder medication. He skipped the Belmont Stakes and a possible $1-million Triple Crown bonus because horses cannot race with Lasix in New York.

But they can in Pennsylvania, and that’s a big consideration for his return, as well as in his next planned start, at Louisiana Downs.

Cot Campbell, manager of the colt for Dogwood Farms, has in mind the $1-million Super Derby at Louisiana Downs on Sept. 23.

Then, Campbell is looking forward to the colt’s return to New York and a Lasix-free trip in a Breeders’ Cup race at Belmont Park on Oct. 27.

Look for several European horses to come over for the Arlington Million on Sept. 2 at Arlington International Racecourse in Chicago, then return home for the Arc de Triomphe on Oct. 7 at Longchamps, outside Paris.

There’s a $1-million bonus for a horse that wins both races.

NBC will televise the Arc live. It will be shown in the United States, but it will still be an ideal attraction for simulcasting.

Despite widespread criticism of New York racing for its medication restrictions and unwieldy off-track betting laws, two recent moves in the state are being praised.

A law that went into effect last week will allow New York tracks to conduct betting via telephone accounts. It will require a $1,000 minimum balance.

Gerry McKeon, president of the New York Racing Assn., which operates Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga, said the telephone accounts will be tied to a season pass and a box seat for the holder, and the account card will be usable by phone or in special machines to be installed later in the year.

The NYRA cannot telecast every race on cable, which could turn telephone betting into a lucrative venture, but McKeon said, “We’re working on it.”

Thirteen months ago, many New York racing fans thought that Red Random was the best 2-year-old in the nation, based on his winning his first two starts.

His 3-year-old campaign was delayed after an injury during the spring at Gulfstream Park.

Now, it has been determined that he has a fractured sesamoid bone in his left foreleg that will keep him out of action until next year or maybe cause him to be retired.